June 15, 2018 at 4:51 PM (PT)

"ID10T PODCAST" (formerly "NERDIST PODCAST") host and television personality CHRIS HARDWICK is facing allegations from his ex-girlfriend of abuse during their three-year relationship, and his name has been removed from the website he founded as the story has spread on social media.

HARDWICK, whose podcast is now distributed by CADENCE13 and is being developed as a radio show by ENTERCOM and airs on Alternative KNDD (107.7 THE END)/SEATTLE, has not as of FRIDAY afternoon responded to CHLOE DYKSTRA's allegations, which were posted at MEDIUM and did not name HARDWICK directly but offered identifying information like calling the ex-boyfriend a podcaster who became "a powerhouse CEO of his own company;" LEGENDARY DIGITAL NETWORKS, which bought the NERDIST website and podcast network from HARDWICK, posted a message pointing out that HARDWICK "had no operational involvement with NERDIST for the two years preceding the expiration of his contract in DECEMBER 2017" and is no longer with the company, and all references to HARDWICK have been scrubbed from NERDIST.COM "pending further investigation."

In her MEDIUM post, DYKSTRA discussed her ex's controlling behavior, from requiring her not to drink (HARDWICK is a recovering alcoholic) and not being allowed to have male friends to being blackballed from the entertainment industry after the breakup due to calls made by an unnamed female colleague of HARDWICK's; the allegations included sexual assault as well.

HARDWICK, who subsequent to breaking up with DYKSTRA married LYDIA HEARST, also hosts "TALKING DEAD" and "TALKING WITH CHRIS HARDWICK" on AMC and "THE WALL" on NBC and was announced YESTERDAY (6/14) as the host of BBC AMERICA's COMIC-CON panel on "DOCTOR WHO" this JULY.